Diversity Management, News and Updates
California writer and mother Joanna Schroeder had a message to other moms of white teen boys in a tweet that went viral: White supremacists online are paying attention to young men’s social media use, even if you are not. Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up. I’ve been watching…
In the nation’s capital, Maxim Smith, who is white, bashed a Black man, Ketchazo Paho, in the head with a bicycle lock. The wound was so deep that he needed 18 stitches. Paho, age 34, said he was driving in Georgetown early Monday morning. He said Smith was on a…
Neo-Nazis are able to generate revenue, propagate their ideas and grow their movements because of the Amazon affiliate program’s “inadequately enforced policies,” according to a report released Friday. The report, authored by the Action Center on Race & the Economy and the Partnership for Working Families, finds that Confederate, anti-Black,…
The murder of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein by his former classmate earlier this month has been connected to an extreme radical hate group, Atomwaffen Division. Atomwaffen, despite being a small group, is regarded as dangerous and violent and has been linked to five murders in the last eight months, ProPublica reported….
John Schnatter, founder of Papa John’s International and basher of NFL protests and the Affordable Care Act, will step down as chief executive weeks after the brand was coined the “official pizza of the alt-right.” The company announced Thursday that Chief Operating Officer Steve Ritchie will succeed Schnatter, who is…
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is speaking about race as I write this. Humiliated by his boss, he’s trying his best to sound like a nice guy who doesn’t believe that Nazis and people who oppose Nazis are equivalent. He is going to try a diversity effort at the State…
UPDATE: 2:17 p.m. ET Aug. 16, 2017 On Wednesday, The University of Florida denied Richard Spencer’s group request to have him speak on September 12. “Amid serious concerns for safety, we have decided to deny the National Policy Institute’s request to rent event space at the University of Florida,” university…
The riots in Charlottesville this past weekend that left three dead has hit a nerve for many people of all ages, including me a millenial who was primarily raised in Northern Virginia. Growing up in the 90s there were times I wanted to avoid history class. I don’t speak about…
In a previous column, I advocated for CEOs to speak with this president. I take back what I said based on President Trump’s behavior over the past six months. The breaking point came this weekend in the aftermath of Charlottesville. Equating neo-Nazis with Americans counter-protesting white supremacy is beneath contempt….
